The lighter side of the Alabama coach came through again this week at ESPN in a video that surfaced Thursday. Doing a "Cage Confessional" with host Colin Cowherd, Saban let loose a little.

That included a hat — not the straw one he wears on the practice field. Cowherd picked it out and Saban (uncomfortably?) tried on the Luigi hat (the one from the Mario Brothers video game). Grainy pictures circulated early in the week from the Tuesday ESPN visit, but the video made it official.

Saban only said he'd wear it in the game if "it enhances his image."

Before that, Cowherd worked a confession out of Saban.

"When I was a kid, I was very afraid of Santa Claus," Saban said. "We had to stay up until midnight on Christmas Eve and open our presents and Santa used to always come in and I always used to cry."

Take a look at the video to see Cowherd's attempt at a Saban Selfie (mastered by this guy) and the coach's confessional. It's worth your 1 minute, 52 seconds.